Bruce McAvaney
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But that's another story.
But now I am looking forward to it.
The Commonwealth Games and Seven are throwing a lot into it.
There's so many.
I mean, Kieran McCann running into that stadium in Melbourne.
It's hard to just, you had to be there, didn't you?
I mean, it was just amazing.
And, you know, her story, of course.
But Ollie Hoare, you know, running down two world champions from the top of the straight at Birmingham to win a 1,500-meter gold medal that only Herb Elliott had been able to achieve.
Robert DiCostello in 1982 running down Gibbema-Shahanga and Chimera-Kanga.
Laylene Boyle on her last legs, so to speak, but still fast last legs in 1982, winning that gold medal to equal Marjorie Jackson with seven Commonwealth Games gold medals.
Before Paul in Manchester and Susie in Kuala Lumpur, the netball, those finals against New Zealand in particular, there's long lists.
There's long lists.
And, you know, all these things sort of go through your mind.
I mean, the greatest moment probably, well, the two greatest moments, I wasn't there for.
One was Philbert by, you know, running from the front in 1974 and breaking the 1,500-metre wall.
You know, no one could believe at the time.
And then, of course, the Miracle Mile in 1954.
I think, you know, part of the Commonwealth Games fame does go back to Landy and Bannister and that incredible race in 1954.
And, you know, Bannister had been the first to break the four-minute mile in May.